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Achievement Descriptors: Overview
Counting and Cardinality
Achievement Descriptors (ADs) are standards-aligned descriptions that detail what students should know and be able to do based on the instruction. ADs are written by using portions of various standards to form a clear, concise description of the work covered in each module.
Each module has its own set of ADs, and the number of ADs varies by module. Taken together, the sets of module-level ADs describe what students should accomplish by the end of the year.
ADs and their proficiency indicators support teachers with interpreting student work on
• informal classroom observations (recording sheet provided in the module resources),
• data from other lesson-embedded formative assessments, and
• Module Assessments.
This module contains the 10 ADs listed.
K.Mod1.AD1
Count to 10.
K.Mod1.AD2
Write numbers from 0 to 10.
K.Mod1.AD3
Represent a group of objects with a written numeral 0–10.
K.CC.A.1
K.Mod1.AD4
Say one number name with each object when counting up to 10 objects.
K.CC.B.4.a
K.Mod1.AD5
Use the last number of a count to tell how many regardless of arrangement or order counted.
K.CC.B.4.b
K.Mod1.AD6
Say how many without recounting when objects are rearranged.
K.CC.B.4.b
K.Mod1.AD7
Recognize that each successive number is one more when counting within 10.
K.CC.B.4.c
K.Mod1.AD10
Sort objects into categories.
K.Mod1.AD8
Count to answer how many questions about as many as 10 things arranged in a line, a rectangular array, a circle, or a scattered configuration.
K.Mod1.AD9
Count out a given number of 1–10 objects from a larger group.
The first page of each lesson identifies the ADs aligned with that lesson. Each AD may have up to three indicators, each aligned to a proficiency category (i.e., Partially Proficient, Proficient, Highly Proficient). While every AD has an indicator to describe Proficient performance, only select ADs have an indicator for Partially Proficient and/or Highly Proficient performance.
An example of one of these ADs, along with its proficiency indicators, is shown here for reference. The complete set of this module’s ADs with proficiency indicators can be found in the Achievement Descriptors: Proficiency Indicators resource.
K.Mod1.AD9 Count out a given number of 1–10 objects from a larger group.
RELATED CCSSM
ADs have the following parts:
K.CC.B.5 Count to answer “how many?” questions about as many as 20 things arranged in a line, a rectangular array, or a circle, or as many as 10 things in a scattered configuration; given a number from 1–20, count out that many objects.
• AD Code: The code indicates the grade level and the module number and then lists the ADs in no particular order. For example, the first AD for grade K module 1 is coded as K.Mod1.AD1.
Partially Proficient Proficient
Highly Proficient
• AD Language: The language is crafted from standards and concisely describes what will be assessed.
Count out a given number of 1–5 objects from a larger group.
Count out a given number of 6–10 objects from a larger group.
• AD Indicators: The indicators describe the precise expectations of the AD for the given proficiency category.
Circle 3 paper clips.
Circle 6 balls.
• Related Standard: This identifies the standard or parts of standards from the Common Core State Standards that the AD addresses.
AD Code
Grade.Module.AD#
K.Mod1.AD10 Sort objects into categories.
RELATED CCSSM
AD Language
K.MD.B.3 Classify objects into given categories; count the numbers of objects in each category and sort the categories by count. 3 3Limit category counts to be less than or equal to 10.
Partially Proficient Proficient
Identify whether objects are the same or different. Are these shapes exactly the same?
Sort objects into categories when an attribute is given. Sort the objects by color.
Highly Proficient
Sort objects into categories when an attribute is not given. Sort the objects.
Related Standard
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AD Indicators
